This page introduces you to manga and anime in Nature & Environment genres. In this genre, the relationship between humans and natural environments are often explored. Since Japan experiences many natural disasters, this theme plays an important in the manga and anime cultures.
Silver Spoon: Gin no saji 銀の匙
by
Arakawa Hiromu
動物の国 / Dōbutsu no Kuni
by
雷句誠
Wolf's rain. 1, Leader of the pack
Tenki no ko = Weathering with you
"The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability."-- Provided by publisher.
Ichi-F : a worker's graphic memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
by
Tatsuta, Kazuto
"Tatsuta was an amateur artist who signed onto the dangerous task of cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, which the workers came to call 'Ichi-F.' This is the story of that challenging work, of the trials faced by the local citizens, and of the unique camaraderie that developed between the mostly blue-collar workers who had to face the devious and invisible threat of radiation on a daily basis"--Back cover.